The NEW GAME Dilemma

Started by BAFielder November 2nd, 2012 2:02 AM
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How often do you start a new game?

Age 32
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Troy, Mo
Seen November 9th, 2012
Posted November 8th, 2012
11 posts
10.5 Years
Ok, so I think I have a problem. I've always known myself to be a perfectionist, but I have this problem with not just Pokemon but other videogames as well. I will consistantly start new games at the slightest provacation. My starter learned/didn't learn the wrong/right move, I lost a Gym battle I should of had in the bag thanks to Retaliate, I focus on a One PKMN run and get angry when I have to catch others to advance, I totally cheat out my save and get bored,ect. The List goes on and on!

When I think about the time I've sunk into this, I realize I could have bought every Pokemon game and FULLY completed them in the time wasted.

Anyone have a solution for what I'm classifying as a mental illness? :15:

In all seriousness though, please help me... :t006:
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Seen May 9th, 2014
Posted November 23rd, 2012
83 posts
14.5 Years
Ok, so I think I have a problem. I've always known myself to be a perfectionist, but I have this problem with not just Pokemon but other videogames as well. I will consistantly start new games at the slightest provacation. My starter learned/didn't learn the wrong/right move, I lost a Gym battle I should of had in the bag thanks to Retaliate, I focus on a One PKMN run and get angry when I have to catch others to advance, I totally cheat out my save and get bored,ect. The List goes on and on!

When I think about the time I've sunk into this, I realize I could have bought every Pokemon game and FULLY completed them in the time wasted.

Anyone have a solution for what I'm classifying as a mental illness? :15:

In all seriousness though, please help me... :t006:
You should play Fire Emblem, it develops said mental illness.

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Texas
Seen October 21st, 2017
Posted July 9th, 2017
1,285 posts
14.9 Years
I play a single game file for 500+ hours and then can't reset it. Even if I transfer all of the good pokemon to another game, I can't erase a file with that much time on it. Especially if the journey stared date was the date of release.

I have to buy both versions of the game (at different times) just to start a new adventure once in a while.

My White has 300+ hours, and I have finished 3 different games in Black.
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Seen December 16th, 2016
Posted December 16th, 2016
758 posts
13.7 Years
I usually start after I get bored. So I have done all the gyms , and caught all the pokes, done all the side quests, and if I feel like playing it again, I reset it. No way I am going to reset it because of a move not learned(move tutor) or similar trivial things.Most I clocked on a game was my soul silver game where i had about 370 h. count 320 for pokeathlong alone lol. (I had 100 poke athlon champions)

I don't do save quits either , I feel that if I lost against someone , i still got exp out of it unless they whitewashed me, so why should i start again against the same guy with weaker pokemon than I have atm.

Hikamaru

Age 30
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Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I never restart the game, cos then I would lose all the Pokemon I was training hard.
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Age 32
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Seen December 10th, 2022
Posted November 15th, 2019
198 posts
10.6 Years
Pokemon White and White 2 will never be restarted. That's what Pokemon Black and Black 2 are for.



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Age 29
Male
Orlando, FL (USA)
Seen May 2nd, 2013
Posted March 31st, 2013
39 posts
11 Years
I normally never restart my games, unless it's an older game and I was able to somehow transfer any valuable Pokémon/items to another game. I wouldn't wanna lose anything important, after all!
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Age 29
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Australia
Seen February 19th, 2015
Posted February 15th, 2015
63 posts
10.5 Years
Simple, buy multiple games :P
For example, I bought Black finished it and got into breeding and EV training etc.
Bougth white version and I can just easily transfer pokemon from white to black if I wish to restard

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Age 28
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Washington, D.C.
Seen September 12th, 2016
Posted November 6th, 2012
40 posts
10.5 Years
Whether or not I decided to restart a game usually depends on how far I have made it into the game or how many hours I have spent up to that point. Though since my first Pokemon game I've developed this habit where if I lose to a gym leader, elite four, trainer etc up until end game. I will reset the entire game and I have never failed to do this. It comes from a need for my game record to be perfect.

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Age 30
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Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
This is why I buy all the games, and even have extra copies of some. I love playing through the games over and over, but I'm also a huge packrat. Solution? Have a storage game and a playthrough game that you can start over and over. I know not everyone has the funds to do that though (I always make sure I have the money though because I'm a freak lol) but it's a good solution I've found. I'm not a perfectionist though. I mean, I like to find all the items and do all the sidequests in Pokemon games, as well as battle all the trainers and not run from wild Pokemon, however I wouldn't go as far as to restart just because I lost a gym battle or something. Consider saving before major battles, I suppose. lol That's what my brother does.
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Seen August 20th, 2014
Posted January 18th, 2013
89 posts
11.3 Years
The first time I got a Pokemon game, I didn't even consider starting a new game until about 2 years later. How I kept myself entertained, I have no idea (because I really didn't stop playing it in all that time).

I also named myself Ash and my rival Gary, not because I wanted to, but because I thought it was a quiz you had to pass before you started playing.

I also got lost in the majority of caves.

Now though, I get bored very easily, especially because I've used most of the Pokemon and most of the moves already. There's nothing new for me to discover. I typically get all the gym badges and then don't see much point trekking up victory road, because I've already built the team I want.

Autaven

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Female
Scotland
Seen January 16th, 2014
Posted January 4th, 2014
248 posts
16.1 Years
I only ever restart a game if I leave it for a really long time, like months, and when I pick it back up again I have no idea what I was doing/stage I was at. That is unless the game is completed and I'm just filling my National Dex.

Otherwise - I never restart a game! I get a bit too attached to the Pokemon.
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Age 33
Male
Seen January 19th, 2013
Posted November 11th, 2012
50 posts
10.5 Years
I restart Pokemon games in general whenever I feel like playing them again. Although before I do that I'll get everything I want to keep off of the file and onto another one. My copy of Diamond is my current fourth gen storage game, for example; if I want to restart Platinum, HeartGold or SoulSilver, all the Pokemon on there I want to keep go over to Diamond, then I reset it.

I've never restarted a Pokemon game midway through though, not unless I started it earlier and haven't picked it up for months and months. Choices aren't particularly hard to undo in Pokemon now: if it learns the wrong move, go see the Move Tutor or Move Deleter. If you don't evolve it, there's always the next level. I don't EV train, so that's not an issue for me either.
Age 33
Female
UK
Seen January 29th, 2013
Posted January 26th, 2013
458 posts
12.9 Years
I don't like to restart, I get a little too attached to those pixels following me around. I'd feel bad if I wiped the game away!
This is me. Even if my team's dreadful, I just can't bring myself to start a new game and delete the old data. The only time I've ever done it in the past was on Blue. And if you count ROMs, 'cause I don't seem to get as attached to the Pokémon on those.
Still young but no longer impressionable.

Age 32
Male
Troy, Mo
Seen November 9th, 2012
Posted November 8th, 2012
11 posts
10.5 Years
I'm happy with the responses that you all gave. It has helped me come up with more than a few solutions. Also, considering this was my first thread outside the newbie zone... I am very pleased with the turn out. I'll be thinking of another question that plagues me or pokemon, and we'll see your reactions and solutions to it.
:t006:
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Seen June 4th, 2016
Posted June 4th, 2016
696 posts
12.8 Years
I usually have a few games I never ever restart, but I like to restart a few with a totaly new team.
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Age 31
Male
Florida
Seen October 1st, 2016
Posted October 1st, 2016
194 posts
10.6 Years
I know it sounds weird, but I like restarting fairly often every now and then.

I'll beat the game with a basic team, and restart with a completely different team. I usually switch around the Natures/Abilities and the movesets a bit.. as well as the types I use.

When I get down to my last playthrough, I tend to find EVERYTHING, max levels on my pokemon, and attempt to finish the National Dex. Of course i'm not at that point yet, since I'm in the process of doing a challenge run. These things come and go, and it's always nice to know if you could've done your playthrough differently. :)


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